Allen County-Detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigation Division from the Fort Wayne Post arrested a Fort Wayne woman last night who is employed as a Pharmacy Tech at the Kroger store in Waynedale on preliminary charges of possession of controlled substances and theft.

According to Detective Clint Hetrick, yesterday January 16th at approximately noon, Detective Deven Hostetler received a telephone call from the Security Manager at the Kroger store located at 7008 Bluffton Road. Hostetler was made aware of a Pharmacy Tech by the name of Jessicah N. Bargas, 26 who has been suspected of stealing prescription medications from the pharmacy in recent months.

At 8:30 p.m. as Bargas was finishing her shift, she was confronted by both the Security Manager and the Pharmacy Coordinator. Bargas allegedly produced a bottle containing 100 Hydrocodone pills during their conversation. She was then detained until such time that Hetrick and Hostetler arrived to take her into custody. A second bottle containing 100 Hydrocodone pills was also found on her person and a third bottle containing 100 Alprazolam (Xanax) pills was subsequently located in her vehicle.

Bargas was taken to and incarcerated in the Allen County Jail where she remains at this time. She is being held on preliminary charges of:
-Possession of a Controlled Substance, Class D Felony (Four Counts)

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